Blue Dart Express Limited plants trees to offset carbon and empower rural communities

Blue Dart Express Limited has planted a total of 1, 11, 000 trees across India with Grow-Trees.com to help offset the carbon footprint created by its operations. It is heartening to see corporations step forward and take responsibility for the environment, an aspect of our lives that we take for granted as a community. * […]

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How to do away with plastic: a few helpful tips

60-100 millions of barrels of oil are used annually to manufacture a year’s worth of plastic needed worldwide. A staggering number, yet not altogether surprising considering we use some amount of plastic at almost every level of life. Basic necessities like food and water come in plastic containers (that are believed to leach chemicals and […]

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Which laws govern the protection of forests in India?

Sustainable Management of forest resources falls within the scope of responsibilities of the Central and State Governments. The Indian Forest Act, 1927 provides the overarching legal framework for the management and protection of the nation’s forest resources but the formulation an implementation of programs is conducted by the state government, hence the rules and regulations […]

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How has Bhutan become carbon negative?

Firstly, what does carbon negative mean exactly? Carbon–negative can be understood to mean that a nation or a region has larger carbon sinks than needed to offset its gross carbon emissions or it is engaging in activities that directly reduce that amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Effectively, it means the carbon emissions the country produces are […]

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Trees in Indian Mythology and Spirituality

Trees in Indian Mythology and Spirituality Trees are revered in Indian culture for their many fine attributes such as medicinal benefits, providing food, helping moderate ambient temperatures, giving shade, recharging groundwater, all these things being essential to the existence of human beings, animals, insects, birds and microorganism that thrive on the benevolence of trees. Here […]

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Urban Forests: Why we need them

The human population in cities and urban centres are growing by the day which means an increasing stress on natural resources and urban infrastructure. Simply put, there is a pressing need for more trees in our cities to tackle health issues, economics, our sustainability quotient and food resilience, biodiversity conservation challenges and climate change. The […]

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10 Wildlife Recognition Apps for the budding explorer in you!

Technology has been blamed time and again, for keeping us indoors. But on the flip side, technology has also added value to our lives and helped us learn more about the world beyond our neighbourhoods, towns and cities. Connecting with nature can be made an intensely educational experience using technology as a tool. Here are […]

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Why eco-tourism matters: let us count the ways!

Tourism has acquired a bad rep in the eco-conservation community. Any activity that attracts hordes of foreigners or typically non-residents of the region, is considered detrimental to the environment. More people means more waste. Trees and other wild flora are razed to the ground to give way to better infrastructure resulting in deforestation. There is […]

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